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Has anyone heard about these? You can go to Crutchfield.com and look at them. They are pretty cool. You no longer need the extra iPod interface, its just a cable. Cool?
 
Are you tallking about the Ai-Net cable? I have just installed it, but am yet to use it with an Ipod. It's only $16. That sure beats the $100 Alpine interface. Plus, when I spoke to a Crutchfield rep, they told me to save my money and get the Ai cord instead of the interface. They told me that the interface is not user friendly, and that it takes way too long to scroll through songs.
 
I don't think this cable is out yet. It called something like iPod Fast Connection...they just announced it at CES. It supposed to be faster than the previous Alpine iPod interface. And I believe it's compatible only with the 2006 Alpine HUs.

According to Crutchfield, the HUs will be available February 6.
 
ya ive heard that the new ipod full speed thingy is supposed to be much better sq and faster than the old interface adapter
 
Nothing changes about the sound quality, its just a direct interface with the iPod as opposed to the KCA-420i box which had to interpret the signals from the HU, then correspond with the iPod. That was slow because of that and now this is just using the full speed of the iPod interface so it will spend much less time loading a track, searching etc.

ooja3k said:
ya ive heard that the new ipod full speed thingy is supposed to be much better sq and faster than the old interface adapter
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I'm a DF when it comes to understanding pre-outs. Why are 2V pre-outs bad? What do typical amps use?
 
O.k., I did a little quick searching and will answer my own question to help the few of you aren't as stereo savy as I:
(I just put in the below HU and was thinking about the new Alpine HU-but now aren't too sure about the 2V pre-out)

If you decide to connect an amplifier to the Premier DEH-P960MP, its three Hi-Volt (6.5V) pre-outs will deliver a clean, powerful signal path. The higher the volts that a pre-out provides, the better the signal strength to your amp, and then your amp doesn
 
here's the thing. you would think that higher is better all the time. it is if your amp can handle it. alpine amps can only handle 4v before shutting off, so if you were to connect one of the new pioneer premier decks up to that you would be screwed.
 
Gotcha. Good thing I went with a T8004 Fosgate then. Didn't know this when I started buying components. Guess I got lucky in the end that they all worked out.
 
So I'm trying to decide if I should buy one of these new HUs. I'm really interested in the iPod feature but I dunno if it's worth $200+. Will these HUs offer me anything else, like better sound, more power, etc? My stereo system is all stock.
 
They haven't really put anything in that would make existing owners want to upgrade besides the full speed ipod but that alone isn't enough. They seemed to have engineered these around getting new customers to upgrade from stock units to the aftermarket. Hence this new series of them are cheaper than the previous. The only one I considered for even a moment was the IVA-W200 because of the double DIN, but I have a center channel in one DIN so upgrading to a W200 is not reality for me.

molocono said:
So I'm trying to decide if I should buy one of these new HUs. I'm really interested in the iPod feature but I dunno if it's worth $200+. Will these HUs offer me anything else, like better sound, more power, etc? My stereo system is all stock.
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